[…] years, scientists around the world have begun to investigate the role of oxidative stress in FSHD. A 2018 study reported that muscle biopsies from people with FSHD had greater levels […]
The use of antioxidants in FSHD
2018 FSHD Connect videos!
Our 2018 FSHD Connect conference was held at the Flamingo Las Vegas on June 9-10, 2018. The conference gathered together 400 patients, family members, researchers, physicians, and health experts for […]
World FSHD Day backstory
Italian brothers’ ordeal sparks a global movement As we approach our third annual World FSHD Day this June 20th, and the international FSHD community plans to flood their social channels […]
FDA Fast Track Designation for Avidity’s FSHD therapeutic
[…] granted Fast Track designation to AOC 1020 for the treatment of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy ( FSHD). FSHD is a serious, rare, hereditary muscle-weakening condition marked by life-long, progressive loss of […]
A giant of FSHD research shares his “regrets”
In his keynote lecture from this year’s International Research Congress on FSHD, held virtually on June 25-26, George Padberg, MD, regarded as the father of modern FSHD research, shared observations […]